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R. J. WOOD CREDIT FILE May 28, 1929.

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RODNEY J'. WOOD, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR, BY MESN'E ASSIGNMENTS,'TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO,

MARYLAND.

A CORPORATION or CREDIT FILE.

Application filed January 12, 1923. Serial No. 612,181.

This invention relates generally to filing systems, and has particular reference to filing cabinets for filing memoranda regarding transactions with customers in retail stores.

One object of the invention is to provide a protected filing cabinet which will be a safe and convenient place for the filing .of customers account books.

Another object of the invention is to provide customers account book receptacles which are cheaply constructed, compact and efficient, and which produce a filing cabinet that is economical from a manufacturing standpoint.

Another object is to provide in addition to account book files, a plurality of sales slip files for temporary customers accounts. 7

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction and combinations of parts, the essential elements of which are set forth in appended claims and a, preferred form or embodiment of which is hereinafter described with reference to the drawings which accompany and form part of this specification. l 7 Of said drawings:

Fig. 1 is a right side elevation of the filing device with the right hand side of the housing omitted.

Fig. 2 is a detail view of a sales bookcontainer. r

Fig. 3 is a section taken on the line 3-3 of Fig.1, showing the cover of a sales book, partly broken away.

Fig. 4: is a sectionalview taken on the line 4l-4 of Fig. 1. p The improved device comprises a number of receptacles adapted to receive sales books used in retail stores for customers charge accounts, and also a number of pivoted units or sections provided with holders to receive temporary accounts or memoranda.

The salesbook receptaclesare arranged on a slight incline so as tohave the names on the various sales books clearly visible and to provide easy access to the books.

The pivoted units comprise a plurality of leaves which are adapted to receive sales slips and are arranged horizontally so that they slightly overlap each other to enable the operator to see the index card placed in the 7 upper right hand corner of each leaf.

Describing the device in detail, the filing includes a top lid 16 (F ig.1) consisting of two sections hinged together at '17. The rearmost section is hinged to the rear wall. of the casing by a hinge 18. The casing also ineludes a front lid consisting of two sections 19 and 20, hinged together at 21, the lowermost section being connected to the bottom of f the casing by a hinge 22. The hinges may be of any suitable constructioii The front lid 19 is equipped with a latch member 23 of any preferred form for connecting the lids 19 and 16.

The top lid 16 is opened folding the sec tions thereofand swinging the same upwardly and over toward'the rear wall of the casing.

A rubber bumper 24 secured in the back of p the casing, prevents the lid from being swung into contact with the casing and thereby proteets the finishof the casing.

Secured on the inside of each side wall and lengthwise of the casing are brackets28 and 29 which support sales book receptacles 30 and extend at an incline from front to rear of the casing. Near the top of the casing and parallel with brackets 28 and 29 are two similarly inclined strips 31 and 32, eachprovided H with a base secured to the side walls 70 of the the receptacles 30, as shown in 'Figs. 1 and3. W

These receptacles are open on the front and top, as shown in Fig. 2, and when in position, the back of one receptacle serves as afront or cover for the receptaclebehind it. The extensions 7 2 are shaped as shown Fig. 1 to provide an effective interlocking engagement with the strips 31 and 32 against shifting from side 'to side of the casing 15 or ver tically thereof.

Aback stop 33 (Fig. 1) with formed ends 34 and 35, extends acrossthe casing and is secured to the side members 7 O of the casing, to form an abutment at the rear endof the easing for the receptacles 30. This backstop is placed on a slight angle to "support. the series of receptacles at a slight backward incline- Fig. 1, they are secured in place against rockwhich screws 40 pass to secure the retaining receptacle to the side walls of the casing.

The side walls of the casing are reinforced at these points by plates 41 and 42 to give suificient thickness of metal for the screws.

The receptacles 80 can be made of different widths to accommodate any number of sales books of various sizes. The receptacles shown in Fig. 3 each contain four sales books.

In addition to a plurality of sales book receptacles, there are provided two horizontally pivoted supporting units or sections 46 and 47 having a plurality of vertically pivoted overlapping leaves 48 adapted to receive sales slips or memoranda 49 between them. These supporting units are pivoted at their lower ends by means of lugs 50 and 51 engaging holes in brackets 52 and 53 secured to the base of the casing. The brace plate 38 of the stationary retaining receptacle 37 serves as a back rest for the rearmost pivoted unit 47. A ledge 54 formed on the loweredge of each of the supporting units provides a support for the sales slips or inemoranda 49 and prevents them from working down out of proper position. At their sides, the sup porting units carry forwardly projecting brackets 55 of sufiicient length to space the units apart and prevent one unit from dis-- turbing the slips filed in another when the supporting units 46 and 47 are rocked. In normal position, the supporting units are slightly inclined toward the rear of'the inachine with the upper portion of the rearmost unit 47 supported by the retaining receptacle 37. v

The leaves 48 are hinged at their left hand edges to their respective supporting units by hinge pins 57- (Fig. 4). Springs 56 encircling the hinge pins 57, tend at-all times to swing the leaves toward the unit. At their .upper ends, the leaves have struck forward from their material, fl. nged lips 58 suitably formed to receive cards 59 hearing identification data. The first leaf on the left hand side is partially covered by a flash member 60 which is similar in construction to that of'the leaves.

' Placed in front of the foremost unit 46, and pivoted in the same manner as the unit, is a plate which, when the lids 19 and 20 are lowered, can be swung forward until one 01 more arresting angle members 66 secured thereon, engage the base of the casing. When this plate 65 is in its forward position, easy access is had to the unit files46 and 47. In use, the filing receptacles 30 remain in their positions shown in Fig 1 without rocking, being held against movement by the retacles within said casing, and membe'rshaving off-set portions secured to said casing walls and forming with said walls grooves for receiv ng said pro ections for retaining said receptacles in position on said supporting means.

2. In a filing. cabinet, a casin filing receptacles having .side walls terminating in projections, said projections being higher than the receptacles, supporting means for the receptacles, and members secured to the casing walls adapted to cooperate with said projections for holding said receptacles in position. v

3. In a filing cabinet, a casing, a plurality of receptacles having side walls'termina'ting in projections, said projections being higher than the receptacles, a bar adapted to 000 J erate with said projections for holdingsa d receptacles against vertical d splacement,

and a single receptacle adjustably mounted in said casing for preventing longitudinal displacement of all of said receptacles.

4. In a filing cabinet, the combination with a casing; and a row of individual and se arate filing receptacles arranged in a row freely within the casing; a supportagainst which rests the rearmost filing receptacle of the row; and stationary means on which rests the row of filing receptacles, to support the receptacles at an incline within the casing:

of means extending along the walls of the casing to prevent sidewi se as well as vertical movement of the series of filing rceptacles; and means to ad ustably secure the foremost ing to serve as a locking means to retain all of the freely mounted receptacles in their assembled positions fixedly against rocking movement from front to back.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

[RODNEY J. WOOD.

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